TWENTY QUESTIONS: Cape Tech's Adam Beal

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Nov 20, 2017 at 3:00 PMNov 20, 2017 at 3:01 PM

By Mike Richard

Any Boy Scout worth his merit badge sash knows the Scout Law which states that a scout is “trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent.”

Cape Tech junior soccer player Adam Beal has, no doubt, personified those qualities throughout his life on the way to recently becoming an Eagle Scout in his troop in Barnstable.

However, several of those qualities highlighted his play on the soccer field this past season -- most particularly loyal, helpful, and obedient -- when it came to taking the role of a defender on the team.

“I played defense on the soccer team; not by choice but it’s what the team needed me to play,” he said. “I would prefer to play a more attacking role, but I’m fine with playing defense if it means that we win games.”

A fine three-sport athlete with the Crusaders, Adam plays lacrosse in the spring and soccer in the fall and is a three-year player with the varsity team.

While he would have rather been up front on the scoring line, hoping to achieve notoriety by being a top scorer, he opted to take a defensive spot for the good of the team.

“I think the whole team-comes-first aspect probably comes from my experience in scouting,” he said. “I could have always said to the coach, ‘No, I’m not playing defense. I’d rather be on the attack and score more goals, put points on the board and stuff.’”

But if he played attack, he reasoned, the team would be short on defense. “We’d obviously concede more goals, so I took a step back and played defense and it’s been good this year.”

Unfortunately, the Crusaders finished with an 8-9-1 record and missed out on a trip to the postseason.

Beal will now focus on playing ice hockey with Cape Tech this winter.

His school activities include logging over 100 community service hours last year through SkillsUSA, most of them served with the Boy Scouts and the local youth soccer organization.

His Eagle Scout project included cleaning up a playground in his neighborhood in Barnstable Village, clearing brush, and putting up a flagpole and a garden.

20 Questions with Adam Beal

1. Favorite subject: History

2. Favorite book: “The Hobbit” by J.R.R. Tolkien

3. Favorite food: Macaroni and Cheese

4. Favorite movie: “Lord of the Rings”

5. Favorite TV show: “How I Met Your Mother”

6. Favorite Cape restaurant: Blue Plate Diner in Barnstable Village

7. Favorite Cape hangout: Kalmus Beach in Hyannis

8. Favorite sports team: Manchester United

9. Favorite athlete: Cristiano Ronaldo

10. Favorite ‘pump-up” music: Anything by Dropkick Murphy’s

11. Best advice I’ve received: “Be a leader, not a follower.”

12. Person I’d most like to meet: Donald Trump

13. Hobbies and interests: I enjoy playing video games and sports

14. Own greatest sports moment: My last-minute goal against Blue Hills last year in lacrosse

15. Most inspirational person: Christiano Ronaldo

16. Pregame rituals / superstitions: I don't have any pregame rituals or superstitions. I just show up, put my gear on, and play.

17. Bucket list place to visit: Spain and go to el Clasico

18. Biggest sports setback or obstacle: Homework. Mainly, not letting my time playing and practicing get in the way of my school work.

19. College plans / major: I want to go to college to play soccer and major in business. If things don’t work out, I may fall back on something in the electrical field.

20. Advice to young athletes: School comes first and don't play a sport if you don't like it.

Know someone who'd be a great candidate for the Barnstable Patriot's 20 Questions feature? Contact Mike Richard at mikerichard0725@gmail.com

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